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Il est décrit un procédé de prédiction de flux optique bidirectionnel basé sur des valeurs d'échantillon de référence à partir de positions d'échantillon appartenant à une région étendue d'un bloc prédit utilisé dans la prédiction de flux optique bidirectionnel d'un bloc courant, des positions de sous-pixel dans la région étendue du bloc prédit dans l'image de référence étant arrondies afin d'obtenir des positions d'échantillon de pixel d'entier dans l'image de référence, les valeurs d'échantillon de référence aux positions d'échantillon de pixel d'entier obtenu dans l'image de référence étant utilisées dans le calcul de gradients d'échantillon de limite correspondant aux limites du bloc prédit dans l'image de référence.
CA3144797A 2019-06-24 2020-06-23 Procede permettant de calculer la position d'un echantillon de reference de matrice d'entiers pour un calcul de gradient d'echantillon de limite de niveau de bloc dans le calcul d e flux optique bi-predictif et la correction bi-predictive Pending CA3144797A1 (fr)

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